Every day news is made regarding celiac disease and its only treatment: a gluten free diet. Whether it is information about gluten free foods, recipes, scientific research, school tips, eating out, or the basics about the disease symptoms that come with having celiac, we talk about and report on it here using reliable sources and key experts to create great content.
If you have celiac disease, a non-celiac gluten sensitivity or are eating gluten free for other reasons, our one goal is to empower you with information to live a healthy gluten free life.
What’s the difference between clean and “celiac clean”, well if you have a kitchen with both gluten-free and gluten-containing foods this is a post you’ll want to read.
Every day, Patricia Johnsen works to balance Type 1 Diabetes and –most recently — celiac disease with the challenge of training for the Ironman Triathlon. From her discovery of celiac to managing the two during major competition see how she’s been able to balance a healthy life.
I remember when Emma was first diagnosed with celiac disease back in 2000, I was happy we found out what was making our daughter so very sick, and she was on the mend. But there is another significant part of me that felt grief. And to this day, for a brief time, I will be sad for her and yes, for me. Why do we grieve? We grieve because the diagnosis the family has “lost” something. In Danna Korn’s book Kids with Celiac Disease she says after a child’s initial diagnosis, people tend “…to progress through a series of emotions in response to bad news or loss. If you think about it, having your child diagnosed with celiac disease is a loss of a kind. Perhaps it is the loss of the image you may have had for your child’s future.” Korn recommends you “recognize your grief and allow yourself a grieving period….however it is also important not to dwell on it.” And as in my case Korn says, “Grief is one of the emotions that may rear its ugly head every couple of years and must be addressed again each time.” And it doesn’t just affect parents of celiac […]
The Girl Scouts organization really is great with teaching girls values, community and service, but when it comes to the cookie thing — the fact that there are no gluten-free cookies brings annual frustration for me, albeit brief.
A new article out by a researcher on environmental toxins discusses their impact on a child’s (and unborn child’s) immune system. And yes…it does come back to celiac disease.
Last night I got back from our big annual meeting for the Raising our Celiac Kids Twin Cities Chapter and I left ready for action: inspired, energized and ready to “keep up the good fight”! And — no — I didn’t feel this way because yesterday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) was a national day of service. But just seeing and talking with all of these people who are deeply involved in the same celiac issues gets my blood pumping; and I’m ready to see what else I can do to help. I leave meetings like that the way I leave the gym after a good workout! Making Time for Your Cause Because I invest a lot of time and effort into our annual Making Tracks for Celiacs fundraiser walk/run, I have, in the past, tuned out other volunteer opportunities or events because I’m a bit spent. But tonight I found my mind going – there were so many events to get involved in within our group: Gluten-Free Fun Camp, Summer Picnic, plus new “breaking” opportunities involving gluten-free product testing. But also other opportunities with committees that stress awareness like our education and website committees. What to do? I am […]
I feel up to the challenge to find satisfying substitutions to things I miss being gluten-free — in this case, what would be a fair substitution for those Chinese noodles for chow mein?
So I’m not a big drinker of alcohol…but I would really like a treat once and a while. My favorite used to be Smirnoff Ice. But that’s no longer an option. And just because I’m gluten-free I don’t think my drinks should always have to be wine…right? Are All Spirits Gluten-Free? One of my favorite cocktails is a raspberry kamikaze (up in a martini glass, not on the rocks); which includes vodka, triple sec and raspberry liqueur. Celiac.com says “All distilled alcohols are gluten-free.” So as long as it’s distilled, you should be safe; are some confirmed options according to the Delphi Forums ongoing list: Absolut, Gordans, Popov, Relska, Smirnoff, Smirnoff Black, All Smirnoff Twist (not Smirnoff Ice), Tangueray vodka. Also, just this week a relative newbie (started in 2005) to the vodka world, Cold River vodka was the only beverage to receive the “Highest Recommendation” rating for 2008 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. The magazine reported, “The super-premium, all-natural, gluten-free spirit also is the only vodka on the market which is made exclusively from Maine potatoes and water from an aquifer fed by Maine’s Cold River.” Cool. Triple Sec has a gluten-free options: Cointreau, Aristocrat to name a few. I […]
Tonight it could get down to -50 with the windchill in Minnesota! Time to bring out the big guns! Comfort food: wild rice soup and corn bread muffins!
Want to get on the Twitter bandwagon with regards to celiac disease and the gluten-diet? Here are some good feeds to get you started– because I’ve found it’s hard to find people on Twitter…you too?
